| We've all experienced the same thing at important | | | | Finally, we must talk about the role of faith. This is part |
| crossroads in our life when big changes were | | | | of what I teach and coach in my profession. It is the |
| underway. Often, we find ourselves feeling panic and | | | | co-creative relationship and process that we have as |
| frozen in time, possibly with indecision, waiting and | | | | human-beings with the source of all creation. This isn't |
| wondering: Which way to go?; How will things turn | | | | religious, it isn't specific to any religion, yet it doesn't |
| out? Sometimes, you just don't know what to do. | | | | contradict any religion. This is born from my own quest |
| I'm asked frequently about this topic and oddly, I have | | | | for truth integrated with my own life and spiritual |
| a lot of experience with it as well. In fact, I find my life | | | | experiences. It may be incomplete and is a direction to |
| in this state of flux often as more changes loom on | | | | follow, not a destination for you to reach. Such is the |
| the horizon. Everyone, myself included, wants answers. | | | | nature of our spiritual life; it is the journey and the |
| What should I do? How do I know? These answers | | | | ever-changing, ever-increasing level of knowledge and |
| are never forthcoming; we cannot see into the future. | | | | wisdom that we gain through life experience. With an |
| Every direction can be okay; one can be the best. The | | | | open-mind, entertain our relationship with the source of |
| simple truth is, we just don't know with 100% accuracy. | | | | all creation. |
| This is where awareness and faith come in to play. | | | | Creation exists, as do we. We see it all around us. |
| Awareness is important on many levels. Knowing the | | | | Scientists study deeper into the stars. More scientists |
| landscape of your life, you can make calculated | | | | study deeper into the mysterys of time and space; |
| decisions that support your goals. In business, and daily | | | | quantum physics. What is witnessed is creation, its' |
| life activities, we implement this process automatically | | | | magic and its' mystery. Down at the quantum level we |
| without much awareness at all, it has become so | | | | discover that we're mostly made up of empty space |
| habitual. This, in part, is where a problem lies. Habitual | | | | and other unusual phenomena that cannot be |
| behavior may not be appropriate as new data | | | | explained. Out in the stars, they see an expanding |
| becomes available. Auto-pilot means your flying blind. | | | | universe. Now, going deeper, with probing satellites and |
| Even when flying a plane on auto-pilot, the pilot will | | | | quantum sciences, new theories arise. All seem to |
| check the instrument panels to ensure the data is | | | | point to an apex of creation coming from nothing... a |
| consistent. Why don't we? Be aware of your data. | | | | God Force. |
| Your data comes from many sources and most of us | | | | Mystery is lived by people accessing this God-Force, |
| are familiar with these sources. I might surprise some | | | | understanding their co-creative relationship to this |
| of you with new concepts. The common source that | | | | mystery. Understanding that this force is abundant love, |
| we're all familiar with is the mind and store-house of | | | | it supplies us with what is in our intention. What we |
| knowledge and experience we have gained from life. | | | | intend for our lives becomes real. Many people who do |
| Again, those who rely solely upon this source risk | | | | this consistently refer to it as manifesting. As children, |
| repeating the same mistakes over and over again. | | | | many of us have had at least one solid experience of |
| The mystery of life dictates that our ability to identify | | | | this. We may have just known that we would have |
| with life experience as truth results in creating more of | | | | something in our lives, whether a gift, an experience, a |
| this truth in our lives. If this truth is a truth of painful | | | | trip, whatever, and then it happens. There was no fear, |
| experience, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Utilizing | | | | doubt, uncertainty, only gladness for what was to |
| other sources, we are able to objectively assess all | | | | come. That is the power of intent. |
| sources and come to new conclusions. | | | | As adults, so much of our lives have instructed us to |
| The next common source is our emotions and intuition; | | | | ignore so much. Don't dream to big. You can't do this. |
| they often are synonomous. A surprising fact here is | | | | Don't do that. That's only for the privileged. You need |
| that not everyone is in touch with their emotions or | | | | to have a degree. There is too much competition. This |
| permit the emotions the freedom they deserve. | | | | is the way things work. Everywhere you turn, you are |
| Emotions are very useful in interpreting and/or being | | | | told how it is and what cannot be and you become |
| aware of underlying factors that may not be evident | | | | conditioned. We have spent too little time in practice |
| through hard tangible data. For some this is a | | | | with our spiritual origins that we do not understand this |
| gut-feeling, others have a flash of insight or conclusion, | | | | mystery and in our need for control, we stifle its' |
| and others feel twinges in certain parts of the body | | | | requirement for room to breathe and work its' own |
| without being aware of any potential significance. I | | | | magic. We measure things by worldly standards and |
| have scenarios for each and will refrain from | | | | time clocks, not realizing that in the bigger picture, some |
| elaborating further for the sake of brevity today. Be | | | | of those so-called failures actually were important |
| curious to explore it further though. | | | | stepping-stones in a grander scheme for our lives. Is |
| A less common source for most is our spiritual | | | | our spiritual side still influencing the outcome? Are we |
| awareness. This is a quiet place within that has a | | | | making the experience harder, longer, or are we |
| higher level of wisdom for the greater good. This can | | | | co-operating and making it easier? |
| be pertinent to you, your life, your family life, community, | | | | Okay, this is long enough for one read. If you want to |
| work, the world, and so on. The levels of knowledge | | | | know more and begin your own journey, feel free to |
| accessible here are limitless. It is as though we are | | | | contact me. There are more relevant articles on the |
| connected to a universal storehouse of knowledge. | | | | website and as a coach, I spend time integrating |
| This place of knowing is far less judgemental and | | | | spiritual awareness into the coaching sessions in |
| emotional but has the ability to synthesize the data | | | | unobtrusive ways. It has shown itself to be the single |
| from the mind and emotions, integrating and offering | | | | most important success factor regardless of the initial |
| solutions from a much higher level of consciousness. | | | | direction goals were set. In some cases, spiritual |
| This is something that many people find themselves | | | | awareness harnessed the focus to realize a more |
| seeking as they mature and look for more significance | | | | significant goal for the individual instead of a goal that |
| in their lives and meaning in their work. | | | | came about due to conditioning. |